Chapter 309: Attack overnight

"The reinforcements of the 21st Division have just begun to set off from Tianjin." Shitie came to report. Such a top-secret matter should be handled by Shitie.

"Okay, order the 18th Division to attack Cangzhou overnight! The security and clearance around Dezhou were handed over to the 81st Division. They were familiar with the surrounding situation. The original 485th Regiment last year was killed in Dezhou and all the people died!" Meng Xiang was silent for a moment. This time, the 81st Division originally planned to ask for battle to be the vanguard. However, the 81st Division, which had just adjusted the team, had just undergone a turbulence in cleaning up, so its combat effectiveness was much worse. The final result was that the 18th Division and the 81st Division acted together, but the 18th Division, which was obviously more prepared, ran to the front.

The command of the battle of the large army in Zhanshutang is still a little worse than that of Sun Liren. It has more defense but insufficient offense.

After a day of bumpyness in the tank, the skeletons were about to scatter. The tankers were guarding near the tanks outside the city, lying on the blanket and falling asleep. In battle, under the threat of survival, it is rare to have a moment of tranquility.

Wu Sanshan had just taken a nap, but was awakened by the footsteps of the busy engineer team beside him. After looking at the stars in the sky, he could no longer sleep.

"You haven't found your company commander yet?" Wu Sanshan saw a familiar engineer walking by and asked. When his tank passed, the company commander of their engineer company who was commanding at the bridge was hit by shrapnel from the shells and fell into the Yellow River directly in front of Wu Sanshan's eyes. The splashing water poured on Wu Sanshan's face, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

The soldier shook his head sadly: "The waves of the Yellow River are too big, and it will never be found if it is rolled inside!"

"Sad!" Wu Sanshan comforted in a low voice. Although the casualty rate of the vanguard army was low, he was still very heavy when he saw his comrades around him fall down in front of his eyes.

"Get together! Let's go!" Just after twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Hu Liu stood in the middle of the tank's hand, and a low voice rang out in the open field.

The attacking order was delivered, and the tankers immediately got up and silently executed the order.

They all know that the assault of tanks is important, and that attacking before the Japanese react will have more vitality.

The tank engine roared again, and the airflow from the exhaust port rolled up the dust and dead grass on the ground, and flew around under the illumination of the headlights mounted on the tank.

The infantry did not stop much and had already set out in advance.

At night, an armored train drove along the newly repaired temporary simple railway bridge. The simple bridge built in one day kept swaying when the armored train passed, but it never fell apart. The engineers continued to reinforce and repair it in the hope that they could pass the train filled with logistics supplies soon.

The sound of the armored train entering the station sounded the horn of departure. The infantry of the 18th Division took two trains and more than 100 trucks along the Jinpu Railway and headed straight to Cangzhou. With them, they also attacked more than 50 tanks driving from behind. More than half of them were transported directly by train.

"Mr. Jiang, do you want to go and have a rest?" Meng Xiang looked at Jiang Baili, who was a little depressed by the sand table, and couldn't help but persuade.

"No, I still have time to rest there at this time? The soldiers in front of me fought all night long, and this is nothing. When I was young, I could have been fighting for two or three nights all night. Now I am old and can't do it anymore." Jiang Baili waved his hand, stood up and walked away. Seeing Fan Zhong who was still looking through various information at the desk, he couldn't help but sigh.

"At this time, we will fight quickly and take advantage of the Japanese's inadequate arrangement and make arrangements as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the Japanese react, the losses will be greater." Fan Zhong put down a report in his hand.

With the help of the railway advance, the Japanese also learned the trick of demolishing the railway.

However, the Japanese transport also relies on the railway. There is no need to do so, they will not easily destroy the railway.

Originally, the Pioneer Army planned to rest in Dezhou for a night, raise its energy and continue to attack. The information revealed by the Pioneer Army during this attack was only targeting the land on Shandong on the north bank of the Yellow River, which may confuse the Japanese. But this statement cannot be concealed. The Pioneer Army can already threaten Beijing and Tianjin as soon as it crosses the Yellow River. The ability to conquer Dezhou in one day makes the Japanese dare not take it lightly. In any case, the Japanese must strengthen the defense of the Beijing-Tianjin area.

But this takes time. At this time, there is only one 21st Division in Beijing and Tianjin. It takes time to mobilize troops here. The Japanese have never been very good at fighting at night.

They also did not expect that the vanguard army, who had been attacking for a day, would choose to continue attacking overnight.

Miao Shini woke up after wiping his saliva. Although he had been sleeping for nearly ten hours before getting on the train, he was still sleepy when he got on the train and listened to the sound of Katakata. Before he knew it, he had arrived in Cangzhou. He was sleeping sounding without hearing the guns and cannons of the iron armored train leading the way in front.

Along the way, the armored train that rushed forward at high speed bombed the Japanese defensive fortifications, covering the two trains and rushed directly over. Every time they went, the soldiers on the train also extended machine guns and kept firing outside. But this sound did not wake up Miao Shini's dream. He didn't wake up until the train stopped.

"Have you arrived in Cangzhou?" he asked.

"There is still a long way. The railway in front has been destroyed, and the people from the engineering camp are repairing it." Pu Zaihu next to him held Somi tightly and lay on a temporary shooting hole to look out. There were constant gunfire outside, and occasionally the sound of 105mm howitzers of the armored train were heard.

Not long after, with the sound of the whistle, the train began to move again. But next to the door of the carriage that had been opened, the gm-42 machine guns were still ringing. There were machine guns roaring in each carriage, and those trucks without a roof were even equipped with m2 large caliber machine guns on the top, forcing the Japanese in the distance to get close.

In the dark night, I saw only a series of meteor-like flames connected into strings of fire chains and stalking to the surrounding places where the Japanese shouted. The explosion of fires came in from time to time from time to time from open car doors and shooting holes everywhere, making Miao Shini a little dazed for a moment. But when the sound of the train Katakata sounded again, Miao Shini fell asleep in a daze again.

Pu Zaihu next to him was envious when he saw this. This companion was not only the top all-rounder in the recruit camp, but also the calmness on the battlefield was beyond the reach of others. He could fall asleep peacefully in the rain of bullets.

It was pitch black outside, and Wei Liuming could only concentrate on following the guidance of the headlights at the back and turning on the front. The sound of the engine stimulated the nerves, and there were continuous rhythmic vibrations in the anxiety, which made Wei Liuming want to fall asleep.

He touched the kettle beside him, which was full of tea, but he had already drunk two pots, but it was indeed useless at all.

He wanted to smoke a cigarette, but he couldn't carry Mars in the tank compartment.

Until he saw the signal ahead and stopped.

"What's wrong?" He poked his head out, and a fresh air suddenly woke him up.

"The road ahead is narrow and it overturned. A tank driver accidentally fell into the ditch." A military policeman in charge of command shrugged his shoulder helplessly. At this time, it was already the most sleepy time for people to sleep. Even though they had already rested before, the biological clock could not be adjusted in a short time, especially in the uneasy night before the war, people were a little excited and not sleepy, while some people became nervous but were tired.

"Are people okay?" Wei Liuming asked. Under the guidance of the vanguard army, the importance of people is greater than that of weapons and equipment.

"The person was awake after breaking his head. The one who sat on the stone with a bandage wrapped around him was the one who smoked." The military police pointed at a large raised stone not far behind him, next to the ditch under the three headlights, a little fire flashed and disappeared.

"Do you want a cup of coffee? This is a pure Brazilian product just shipped by the SAR. I have drunk it twice before, and the taste is very authentic." Jia Renmei shook the hot coffee in the kettle and looked out the window. In the sky, a formation of thirty-six ju88 bombers was flying in the night sky. The quiet night sky was just the monotonous buzzing of propellers, which urged people to fall asleep.

"No, when I think about us dropping the bomb on the Japanese's head, I was full of energy and didn't feel sleepy at all." Li Congpu widened his eyes and looked at the indicator light of the plane ahead.

The skills required for night bombing are very high. After studying their formation for so long, only the only ones who can be familiar with them, most of whom are cloned pilots.

The only four P-61 night fighters of the Pioneer Army were flying higher. The Japanese don’t have many pilots who can fight at night, and the planes do not have any night battle functions. Compared with the superb Night Battle Queen, five are not necessarily opponents of the Black Widow P-61.

More than 100 aircraft have been parked at Nanyuan Airport in Peking, of which more than 40 fighter jets have just been supported from the Kwantung Army. These aircraft plan to set off to attack the Pioneer Army early tomorrow morning to slow down the Pioneer Army's offensive. The news that the Pioneer Army continued to attack north at night has come. The Pioneer Army's purpose is unclear, but they must be destroyed. For this reason, the Japanese gathered more than 80 fighter jets to prepare for another air showdown with the Pioneer Army tomorrow.

*** People have already understood that without air superiority, they cannot gain the advantages of the ground and the ocean.

At this time, Meng Xiang was also looking through a proposal. The fighter squadron leader named Hu Wen talked about the attack of the air force.

"Observation is the essence of the Air Force! Attack on the ground, attack on the ocean, attack on the sky."

"Ten attacking aircraft are worth fifty passive defense intercepting aircraft."

"Only offense can we better realize our strategic intentions and gain the opportunity."

"The sky is the king who looks down at the ground and the ocean."

A series of remarks made Meng Xiang smile. Although such views have become common in later generations, this era is considered far-sighted and insightful.

"Our plane is bombarding over the enemy's heads!" Meng Xiang looked at the watch, and the time was already pointing to 3:30 pm.

"Check the map and check the ground guidance!" A fire broke out in a private house a mile away to the east of Nanyuan Airport. At the same time, two private houses caught fire at two places three miles apart. A large equilateral triangle was clearly visible in the air.

Among the pilots participating in the bombing, several of them stayed in the aviation school in Nanyuan for a while and were very familiar with the areas around Nanyuan. At this time, more clear guidance was obtained, and the Japanese were not wary of night bombing, and the lights were brightly lit on the airport, which gave the bombers in the sky the best guidance.

Fan Mingji had just crawled out of the rain ditch under the high wall of a wealthy family, and was bulging from a skin bag behind him. As soon as he carried the package, he looked back at the high wall, but heard the roar in the sky.

"Why is the thunder in the sky?" He looked at the stars in the sky and shook his head slightly. He still knew the ability to recognize stars and see the weather. Such a starry sky must be a sunny day tomorrow. But he was immediately attracted by a series of moving stars in the sky, and dozens of constantly twinkling stars in the sky were particularly conspicuous in the night sky.

"What is that?" Fan Mingji looked up and saw it. He might as well be seen by the guard guard on the high wall. He shot him and scratched his thighs. Fan Mingji did not care about the light in the sky. With the constant barking of dogs, he hurriedly ran away and fled into the night.

"Thunder is coming in the sky, is it going to rain?" Akio Sakata stretched, moved the rifle on his back, and reached out to test the cool breeze blowing outside the guard post.

The roar in the sky became clearer and clearer, but there was no water column, but another rain of bullets came.

"Woo!" The sound of bombs falling in the sky awakened the Japanese posts, and the sharp sound of air defense alarms echoed over the airport. But all the alarms were over. The bombs in the sky kept falling, and under the searchlight, the illuminated runway and planes on the apron became the best targets.

"Boom boom boom" continuous explosions kept ringing, and night bombing did not have much accuracy, relying on large-scale large-scale ammunition throwing. The first round of bombing of the ju88 formation also flew down to make the bombing more accurate.

The ju-88, which has a maximum bomb load of three tons, has a long range this time, and the actual bomb load is less than two tons, but the two-ton bombs installed by all thirty bombs have made the airport below a sea of ​​fire.

"Boom!" A earth-shaking sound, a huge pillar of fire soared into the sky, illuminating half of the old Beijing City.
Chapter completed!